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Timeline of Major Famines in India During British Rule
The timeline of major famines in India during British rule covers major famines on the Indian subcontinent from 1765 to 1947. The famines included here occurred both in the princely states (regions administered by Indian rulers), British India (regions administered either by the British East India Company from 1765 to 1857; or by the British Crown, in the British Raj, from 1858 to 1947) and ...
Great Famine of 1876-1878
The Great Famine of 1876-1878 was a famine in India under British Crown rule.It began in 1876 after an intense drought resulted in crop failure in the Deccan Plateau. [1] It affected south and Southwestern India—the British-administered presidencies of Madras and Bombay, and the princely states of Mysore and Hyderabad—for a period of two years. In 1877, famine came to affect regions ...